A landlord, described as a "slum landlord" has been fined a total of £57, 577.92 including £5k per offence, costs and a victim surcharge by Reading magistrates.

After changing his plea to guilty the landlord of an HMO property in Newport, Wales, had his fine for operating an unlicensed HMO reduced from £16,000 to £14,000 and was ordered to pay costs of over £3000 and a victim surcharge of £180.

An article in The Guardian has quoted Hackney MP, Meg Hillier, as being worried that many HMO tenants may not receive the fuel bill rebate promised by Chancellor Rishi Sunak because their council tax is bundled up within the rent payment that they make to their landlord.

Only 61 criminal landlords have been placed on the Rogue Landlord Database since its set up in April 2018. This is 61 out of an estimated (by the Government as justification for the database) 10,500 operating in the private rented sector nationally. The number was provided by housing minister Eddie Hughes MP to Labour MP Gill Furniss's 25 January 2022 request for an update on the current number of entries on the database.

The release of the Govt's white paper on its Levelling Up agenda has been met with mixed reviews, certainly with regard to the plans to improve property standards in the private rented sector...

Islington Council's public consultation on re-designating its existing selective licensing scheme (which began 1st February 2020) closes on 27th March 2022.

Govt releases Levelling Up White Paper with plan to end S21 evictions, crackdown on rogue landlords, consult on a national private landlord register, make all PRS homes Decent Home Standard compliant and reduce sub standard PRS homes 50% by 2030...

The public consultation on reforming the english and welsh leasehold and commonhold system closes on 22nd February 2022.

Updated guidance on how to contact and communicate with the green homes grant scheme which includes advice on how to make an enquiry, a complaint or submit an appeal has been published.

Redbridge Council's public consultation on the proposal to renew its additional houses in multiple occupation scheme closes on 7th March 2022.